White storekeeper allegedly assaults black woman in dispute over damaged hat
- Title of event
- White storekeeper allegedly assaults black woman in dispute over damaged hat
- Type of event
- Assault
- Address of event
- White storekeeper allegedly assaults black woman in dispute over damaged hat Happened Primarily at 395, Lenox Ave
- Report on event
- White storekeeper allegedly assaults black woman in dispute over damaged hat Main report referencing event Reserve Cops Halt Threatening Crowd
- Start date / time
- July 19, 1930
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Afternoon)
- Description
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Lillian Middleton, 29, alleged that Philip Nasselbaum, 42, white, assaulted her after they argued when she claimed that a hat she had left with him to be cleaned had a missing ribbon. He then pushed her out of the store. An angry crowd of several hundred gathered, trying to get to Nasselbaum, who had to be rescued by police